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Message: [QUOTE="ScottVib, post: 5072715, member: 694"] I don’t think any of the football fans are rooting for basketball to die. In fact it’s the opposite, the concern is that without a move basketball and the entire department loses its ability to consistently perform at a championship level. The only fans who seem to be actively rooting for a program (or as you point out seven programs) to die are those fans who were against the move to begin with and whom see football as an inconvenience preventing UConn from moving from being the second highest spending program to the top highest spending program ([URL='https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2024/2024-march-madness-bracket-finances-uconn-1234771186/']source[/URL]). To this point UConn has spared no expense and is the only FBS program in the nation that spends more on basketball. I think the difference is that fans supporting the move (even begrudgingly for some of us) saw it as the potential to protect the entire athletic department and ensure a spot at the highest level for the athletic department regardless of a potential split of the power conferences. Those who didn’t tend love the memories generated by the Big East and/or fear that UConn would have similar problems to the AAC, crediting the Big East for some of the return to the pinnacle for the men’s program. [/QUOTE]